"Loner in Space "
By: Steve Simons
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INDEX
Chapter 1 - The Loner
Chapter 2 - Is This Place Dangerous
Chapter 3 - The Unpredictable
Chapter 4 - Strange
Chapter 5 - Trapped
Chapter 6 - In Trouble
Chapter 7 - And There's More
Chapter 8 - From Torment to Adventurer
Chapter 9 -Ever Wished You Hadn't?
Chapter 10 - Are We There Yet?
Chapter 11 - I Hope You Don't See Me
Chapter 12 - A Boy Has To Do
Chapter 13 - Escape, But Escape To Where?
Chapter 14 - Challenge
Chapter 15 - Harm
Chapter 16 - Understanding
Chapter 17 - Home, But At What Cost?
Chapter 18 - What Can A Mere Boy Do?
Chapter 19 - As IF That Isn't Bad Enough
Chapter 20 - Care
Chapter 21 - Making Arrangements
Chapter 22 - Friends Stick Together
Chapter 1 - The Loner
The bell sounding in the corridor, is at once the welcome indication that the day's torture is over and at the same time, an warning that other trials are about to begin; well at least for Paul it is. Paul both likes and hates school. The science and technology lessons are interesting, the maths on occasions can be interesting, but as for the rest, Paul had no interest in nouns, adjectives, past rulers trials and tribulations or come to that the materials that make the local hills as distinctive as they are. Then there are the school bullies. These guys have less interest than Paul, in learning stuff, even if some of it could be useful to them, when it comes to their turn to leave school and get a job. Their favourite pursuit, seemed to be the making of others lives as much of a misery as possible. They took great delight in getting out of the classroom as quickly as possible and waiting for their victims outside the school and intercepting them before they got to the bus or gate. Then threaten the individuals, in order to extract some money, goods or even some completed homework, that has not been handed in yet.
On this occasion Paul is quick off the mark, having entered the classroom last, he had found himself sitting right near the door, so when the bell sounded, Paul had his books packed away in double quick time and was out through the door before the usual suspects, even had the chance to leave their desks. Paul heard the teacher remark, "Keen tonight aren't we Simpkins?"
Paul did not pause, he had a goal and that was to get as far away as possible before being challenged and held to ransom by the 'big four' as they liked themselves to be known. Paul reaches the gate so early his heart skips a beat as he sees that it is still closed, he hopes, he hopes..... yes the caretaker is there unlocking the shiny new padlock, the third fitted this term. No doubt this one will find itself also being forcefully removed, as had the previous ones. Despite increased police patrols, the school authorities had not found out who the mysterious padlock removers were. Paul arrives at the gate panting and wheezing, as if he had just run a marathon.
